Isolate Member by Location

Default shortcut: m + i
Brings a member into Member Isolation by selecting it in the model.

Step-By-Step
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1 . Preselect a Member to enable the Members contextual page and click the Isolate Member by Location icon found in the Drawings section.

Alternative: Invoke Isolate Member by Location using the Find Tool by searching the command name and clicking the icon, which is pictured above.

Learn more about alternative methods for launching commands.

2 . The member is isolated from all others in the model and the Isolate Member tool window opens.

Alternative: If you did not preselect a member, the status line prompts "Select member to isolate" while the Select - Pan - Menu mouse bindings remain active. Left-click (Select) a member in the model. The member is isolated from all others in the model and the Isolate Member tool window opens.

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3 . When you are done with Member Isolation, click the OK button on the Isolate Member tool window.

Member Isolation is useful for creating preset member views for 2D details created using Detail Members and for working on that member in isolation from the rest of the 3D model.
Confirm the member you want to be isolated has undergone Process and Create Solids.
The member style is displayed per User and Site Options > Modeling > Member isolation solid display type.
Try Hide Selected or Hide Unselected as alternatives to this command if you do not want to use the Member Isolation tools or if you want to isolate more than one member at a time.

Member Isolation (result of using this tool)
Member isolation solid display type (User and Site Options > Modeling)
Isolate Member by Piecemark (alternative)
Isolate Member by Number (alternative)
Isolate Group Member by Location (alternative for group members)
Hide Selected (alternative)
Hide Unselected (alternative)